Big Day Out
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| Big Day Out | |
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| Location(s) |  Australia
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| Years active | 1992- present |
| Date(s) | Late January - early February |
| Genre(s) | Rock, Hip hop, Electronic |
| Website | http://www.bigdayout.com |
The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand. As of 2006, it features 7 or 8 stages (depending on the venue) accommodating popular contemporary rock music, electronic music, mainstream international acts and local acts.
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[edit] History
| Music of Australia [ ] | |
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| Timeline and samples | |
| Genres | classical · hip-hop · indigenous Australian music · immigrant music · jazz · country · rock (pub rock · indie · punk) |
| Organisations | ARIA · APRA |
| Awards | ARIA Music Awards · The Deadlys · Australian Music Prize · J Award · WAMi Awards |
| Charts | ARIA Charts · JJJ Hottest 100 |
| Festivals | List: Big Day Out · Livid · Homebake · Falls · Tamworth Country Music Festival · Womadelaide |
| Media | Countdown · Rage · Triple J · ABC · Community Radio |
| National anthem | Advance Australia Fair |
| Cities and regions | |
| Adelaide · Brisbane · Canberra · Melbourne · Sydney · Perth | |
The festival began in 1992 as a Sydney-only show with Nirvana as the headliner, and was extended in 1993 to Melbourne, Perth, and Adelaide. In 1994, shows in Auckland, New Zealand, and the Gold Coast were added. In 1997 it was announced that that year's event would be the last. The following year promoters, Vivian Lees and Ken West, organised a predominantly electronic and dance festival, however the event was cancelled, and the Big Day Out returned in 1999.
American band Pearl Jam were booked to headline the 2001 tour almost 12 months in advance, as they had just started to do festivals for the first time since problems at festivals in the early 90's. On 30th June 2000 at the Roskilde Festival Denmark, they ended their set prematurely after the crowd surged forward, crushing and fatally injuring 9 people. They pulled out of the BDO, claiming to never do festivals again. Pearl Jam later played Leeds & Reading Festivals, UK, in 2006. Also, during the 2001 Sydney Big Day Out teenager Jessica Michalik was crushed to death in a crowd surge during a performance by Limp Bizkit. The coroner's finding criticised the crowd control measures in use at the time, and also criticised lead singer Fred Durst for "alarming and inflammatory" comments when a rescue effort was underway. Subsequent tours continue to feature a "D-barricade" (a different barricade design reducing the risk of a crowd crush).
In 2004, due to the popularity of the Sydney event and the hefty price of the headline act, a historic second event was announced for Sydney - the first and so far only time this has happened in the festival's history. The line-up for both days was same except for the smaller local acts.
The festival has also run a popular discussion forum, Big Day Out Forum, boasting over 7,000 members, however more than half of these accounts have never been used and over three quarters of members have a post count of 10 or less. At the other end of the scale, the top 10 users have some 180,000 posts between them since the current board's software was introduced in August 2005.
On Friday the 13th October 2006, the 2007 Sydney BDO show sold out in record time of just 12 hours, breaking the previous record of 9 days. Due to this, organisers were forced to suspend ticket sales with 10,000 tickets to the show remaining, however, this turned out to be 12,000 tickets after multiple orders were cancelled and the remaining tickets were sold via a weekly internet ballot. General-sale tickets to the Gold Coast show also sold out in record time, with the remaining tickets distributed in a similar fashion. Subsequently the Melbourne, Auckland, Adelaide and Perth shows all sold out in record time, making it the first time where all shows have sold out, previously the closest to that has been in 2005 where all Australian shows sold out.
[edit] The Event
Like many other modern music festivals, the Big Day Out is held in stadiums which are more commonly designed for major sporting events. All of the Big Day Out locations utilize multiple performance stages, on which different acts will often be playing simultaneously. It is common that the well known international acts will play on one of the two "main stages", which overlook the main sporting ground of the venue, and the lesser known (and often local) acts will perform on smaller stages. All of the stages are within a short walking distance of one another.
A signature feature of the Big Day Out is the "Boiler Room", a large circus-style tent in which the more electronically themed artists perform. This style of venue intends to enhance the sound and ambience of the performance, which can be compared to a Rave.
Other areas at the Big Day Out include a novelty entertainment stage, a signing tent, multiple food and merchandise shopping areas, and one or more designated alcohol consumption areas to which access is restricted to those of the local drinking age. Alcohol at the Big Day Out is limited to those brands who are sponsoring the event (Jack Daniels branding can be seen in the adjacent photo), and can only be purchased from within the venue.
The event lasts from mid-morning (doors open at 9 - 10am) to late evening (the last performances finish at around 1am).
[edit] Artist lineups by year
[edit] 1992
Beasts of Bourbon, The Ruptured Spleans, Box The Jesuit, Celibate Rifles, Cosmic Psychos, The Clouds, Club Hoy, Died Pretty, Falling Joys, The Hard Ons with Henry Rollins Hellmen, Massappeal, The Meanies, Nirvana, Smudge, Sound Unlimited Posse, Ratcat, The Village Idiots, Violent Femmes, The Welcome Mat, Yothu Yindi, You Am I, Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes.Featuring Wesley Chiang
[edit] 1993
Beasts of Bourbon, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, The Clouds, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, The Hard Ons, Iggy Pop, Mudhoney, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Sonic Youth, You Am I.
Melbourne and Sydney only: Helmet and Not Drowning Waving.
[edit] 1994
All venues: The Breeders, The Cruel Sea, The Smashing Pumpkins, Straitjacket Fits, Soundgarden, Tumbleweed, Def Fx.
Australia only: Björk, The Meanies, The Ramones, Severed Heads, Teenage Fanclub, Tiddas.
Melbourne and Sydney only: Primus and Dave Graney.
Melb, Syd, Gold Coast, and Adelaide only: DJ Pee Wee Ferris, DJ Sugar Ray, Itch-E & Scratch-E.
Melb, Syd and Perth only: The Celibate Rifles.
Melb, Syd and Auckland only: Urge Overkill.
Melb and G.C. only: Powderfinger and Robert Forster.
Syd, G.C. and Adel only: TISM and Screamfeeder.
Syd and G.C. only: Southend.
Syd and Adel only: The Mark of Cain and Boxcar.
G.C. and Auck. only: You Am I and The Hard Ons.
[edit] 1995
Ministry, Primal Scream, Hole (Auck, Melb, Syd), The Cult, The Offspring (Auck, Melb, Syd, Adel, Perth), Screaming Trees (Aust. only), Luscious Jackson, Fundamental, The Clouds, You Am I, Silverchair, TISM, Allegiance, Kim Salmon (Aust. only), The Fireballs (Aust. only), The Mark of Cain (Aust. only), 3D's, Fur (Aust. only), DJ Pee Wee Ferris (Aust. only), DJ Sugar Ray (Aust. only), Vision Four 5 (Aust. only), Snog (Aust. only), Cosmic Psychos (Melb, G.C., Adel), Sisters Underground, Omc, Magic Dirt (Melb, Syd, G.C.), Supergroove (Auck, Melb, Syd), Dave Graney (Melb, Syd), Spiderbait (Melb, Syd), Southend (Syd, G.C., Adel), Single Gun Theory (Melb, Syd, G.C.), Boxcar (G.C., Syd, Adel), Severed Heads (Auck, Syd), Front End Loader (Melb, G.C.), Mantissa (Melb, Adel).
[edit] 1996
Porno for Pyros, Rage Against the Machine, Elastica, The Prodigy (Aust. only), Rancid, The Jesus Lizard, Tricky (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Billy Bragg (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Reef (G.C., Syd, Melb), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, TISM, Tumbleweed, Regurgitator, Spiderbait, Radio Birdman (Aust. only), Shihad, Dirty Three (Aust. only), Sidewinder (Aust. only), Magic Dirt (Aust. only), Ammonia (Aust. only), Custard (G.C., Syd, Melb, Perth), Powderfinger (G.C., Syd, Melb), Pollyanna (G.C., Syd, Melb, Adel), DJ Sugar Ray (G.C., Syd, Melb, Adel), Single Gun Theory (G.C., Syd, Adel, Perth), Southend (G.C., Syd), Even (Syd, Melb, Adel), Amunda (Syd, Adel), Continuum (Syd, Melb), Groove Terminator (Adel, Perth), FSOM (Aust. only), Alchemist (Syd only).
[edit] 1997
Soundgarden, The Offspring, The Prodigy, Fear Factory, Supergrass, Shonen Knife, Lemonheads (Auck), Patti Smith (G.C., Syd, Melb), Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Melb, Syd), Rocket From The Crypt (Syd, Adel), Aphex Twin (Melb, Syd), You Am I, Powderfinger, Beasts of Bourbon, Tiddas, Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes, Boo Boo Mace and Nutcase, Superjesus (Aust. only), Snout (Aust. only), The Clouds (G.C., Syd, Perth), Insurge (G.C., Melb, Syd), Screamfeeder (G.C., Syd), Even (G.C., Melb, Adel), Drop City (G.C., Syd, Adel), Severed Heads (G.C., Syd), Dlt (G.C., Melb, Syd, Adel), Omc (Aust. only), FSOM (G.C., Melb, Syd), Bexta (G.C., Syd, Adel, Perth), Pocket (G.C., Adel, Perth), Frenzal Rhomb (Melb, Syd, Adel, Perth), The Fauves (Melb, Syd), The Mavis's (Melb, Adel), Head Like a Hole (Auck).
[edit] 1999
Ash, Cryogenic (Syd) Deejay Punk-Roc, Fatboy Slim, Fun Lovin' Criminals (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Hole, KoЯn, Luke Slater Freek Funk, Manic Street Preachers (Syd, Melb, Adel, Perth), Marilyn Manson, Roni Size, Sean Lennon, Soulfly, Underworld (Syd, Melb), Sparklehorse (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Warumpi Band (Aust. only), Regurgitator, Powderfinger, Jebediah, The Living End, Superjesus, Garageland (Auck, G.C., Syd), Fur (Aust. only), Sonic Animation, Bexta (Aust. only), Ransom (Aust. only), Groove Terminator, Happyland (G.C., Syd, Melb, Adel), TISM (Syd, Melb), Antenna (G.C., Syd, Melb), Even (Aust. only), Not From There (Aust. only), Bodyjar (Aust. only), The Mark of Cain (Melb, Perth), Resin Dogs (G.C., Syd), B(if)tek (Syd, Melb), Frontside (Syd, Melb), Coda (G.C., Syd), DJ Royal (Adel), Soma Rasa (G.C., Syd), DJ MPK (Adel), Brunatex (Adel).
[edit] 2000
Atari Teenage Riot, Basement Jaxx, Beth Orton, blink-182, The Chemical Brothers, Cryogenic (Syd) Foo Fighters, Goldie & MC Rage, Hardknox (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), The Hellacopters, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, Nine Inch Nails, Primal Scream (Aust. only), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ozomatli (Syd, Melb), 28 Days (G.C., Syd, Melb), Chunky Move (Aust. only), The Cruel Sea (Aust. only), Gerling (Aust. only), Grinspoon, Honeysmack (Aust. only), Icecream Hands (G.C., Melb, Adel, Perth), Jebediah (Aust. only), Josh Abrahams & Amiel Daemion (Aust. only), Killing Heidi (Syd, Melb), Magic Dirt (Aust. only), The Monarchs (G.C., Syd), Nokturnl (Aust. only), Peewee Ferris, Pitch Black (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Pound System (Aust. only), Resin Dogs (Aust. only), Salmonella Dub (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Sean Quinn (Aust. only), Shihad, Six Ft Hick ( Melb, Adel), Something for Kate (G.C., Syd, Melb), Spiderbait, Testeagles ( G.C., Syd, Melb, Adel), Yothu Yindi, The D4 (Auckland only).
[edit] 2001
At the Drive-In (G.C., Syd, Melb), Black Eyed Peas (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb, Perth), Coldplay, Darren Emerson, Cryogenic (Syd) Happy Mondays, Limp Bizkit (Auck, G.C., Syd), Mudvayne, PJ Harvey, Placebo, Queens of the Stone Age (Syd, Melb, Adel, Perth), Rammstein, Roni Size Reprazent, Zoo Bombs, Carl Cox, Adam Freeland, Sugardrive (Syd, Adel, Perth), 28 Days, Alex Lloyd (Aust. only), The Avalanches (Aust. only), Bexta, Frenzal Rhomb, Friendly, John Butler Trio (G.C., Syd, Melb), Killing Heidi, Nitocris (Aust. only), Powderfinger, Pnau, Resin Dogs, Skulker (G.C., Syd, Melb), Sunk Loto (Aust. only), Sonic Animation (Aust. only), You Am I (Aust. only), King Kapisi (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Greg Churchill, Declan (G.C., Syd, Adel, Perth), Coloured Stone (G.C., Syd, Melb), Augie March (G.C., Melb, Adel), The Go-Betweens (Aust. only), Digital Primate (G.C, Syd, Melb)
[edit] 2002
All shows: The Prodigy, Garbage, New Order, The Crystal Method, NOFX, Jurassic 5, Dave Clarke, Basement Jaxx, Sam Hill, Amen, Silverchair, Regurgitator, Gerling, The White Stripes, Kosheen, Drowning Pool,Shihad
Australia only: Grinspoon, Stephen Allkins, Something for Kate, Spiderbait, Magic Dirt, Superheist, Eskimo Joe, The Monarchs, Machine Gun Fellatio, GT, Sonic Animation, Sean Quinn
Auckland and East Coast only: Rubicon, Betchadupa, Alien Ant Farm, Peaches, Audio Active
Adelaide and Perth only: The Tea Party, Tomahawk
Gold Coast and Sydney only: Shutterspeed
Sydney and Melbourne only: Dern Rutlidge
Auckland, East Coast, and Gold Coast only: System of a Down
[edit] 2003
Jane's Addiction, Foo Fighters, Kraftwerk, The Music, Luke Slater, Chicks on Speed, Wilco, Gonzales, Jebediah, Murderdolls, PJ Harvey, Sparta, Cog, Machine Gun Fellatio, The Waifs, DJ Kid Kenobi, Millencolin, Waikiki, You Am I, Queens of the Stone Age, The Living End, Augie March, Deftones, Mark Dynamix, Resin Dogs, 28 Days, Pacifier (Shihad).
Australia only: The Vines, Frenzal Rhomb, Neil Hamburger, The Hard Ons, Bexta, 1200 Techniques, Rocket Science.
New Zealand only: Blindspott, Concord Dawn, Pitch Black, The D4, Wash, DJ Sir Vere, 8 Foot Sativa, Panam,Tadpole, The Datsuns, Eight, King Kapisi.
New Zealand & Australia east coast only: Underworld, Xzibit.
Australia east coast only: Darren Price.
Sydney & Melbourne only: Dry & Heavy, Pre.Shrunk, Pnau.
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth: Jimmy Eat World.
[edit] 2004
Metallica, The Strokes, The Dandy Warhols, The Mars Volta, The Flaming Lips, Kings of Leon, Muse, Lostprophets, Basement Jaxx, Aphex Twin, Black Eyed Peas, Peaches, The Datsuns, Something for Kate, Gerling, MC Trey, The Darkness, Thursday, Blood Duster, Pnau, Salmonella Dub, King Kapisi, Scribe and P-Money.
Australia only: Hoodoo Gurus, Skulker, The Sleepy Jackson, Magic Dirt, Jet, 1200 Techniques, The Butterfly Effect, Blood Duster, Sonic Animation, Friendly, Downsyde, Fear Factory, Poison the Well.
[edit] 2005
Beastie Boys, System of a Down, Chemical Brothers, The Music, The Streets, Slipknot, Carl Cox, Powderfinger, Grinspoon, John Butler Trio, Concord Dawn, The Donnas, The D4, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Regurgitator, Scribe and P-Money, Freestylers, Le Tigre, Kid 606, Deceptikonz, Atmosphere, Hatebreed, Rise Against, Poison the Well, The Red Paintings.
Australia only: Spiderbait, Hilltop Hoods, Eskimo Joe, Infusion, Butterfingers, Little Birdy, Frenzal Rhomb, Dallas Crane, Wolfmother, Decoder Ring, Bexta, Dimmer.
New Zealand only: 8 Foot Sativa, Misfits of Science, The Bleeders, Trinity Roots, 48may, Steriogram, Shihad, Pluto, Shapeshifter, DJ Sir Vere, Dei Hamo, The Checks (band), Deja Voodoo.
New Zealand & east coast Australia: The Hives, The Polyphonic Spree.
[edit] 2006
The White Stripes, Iggy & The Stooges, Franz Ferdinand, Kings of Leon, The Mars Volta, Soulwax, 2 Many DJs, Sleater-Kinney, The Magic Numbers, The Living End, Gerling, Dei Hamo, Shihad, Wolfmother, Mudvayne, The Go! Team, The Subways, End of Fashion, James Murphy, The Greenhornes, Kid Kenobi + MC Sureshock, Henry Rollins, Silent Disco.
Australia only: Magic Dirt, Cut Copy, Hilltop Hoods, Cog, Beasts of Bourbon, Sonicanimation, Faker, The Grates, The Mess Hall, Youth Group, Wolf & Cub, Vitalic, Common, EDAN, Jean Grae, Sarah Blasko, Airborne, Red Riders ,The Presets, Pablo el Peligroso, DJ Ajax, DJ Bulge, DJ Jason Midro, MU, Caged Baby, Afra & the Incredible Beatbox Band, Bit by Bats, Drag, M.I.A.
New Zealand only: Fat Freddy's Drop, Elemeno P, The Bleeders, Che Fu and the Krates, Pluto, Frontline, The Brunettes, Fast Crew, Rhombus, Die!Die!Die!, The Sneaks, The Bats, Autozamm, Cobra Khan, Tyree & Juse, City Newton Bombers, Gestalt Switch, Raygunn, Anaham, The Electric Confectionaires, Gramsci, The Tutts.
Jean Grae cancelled appearances but never gave a statement why. Later added to another festival in Australia.
[edit] 2007
All shows: Tool, Muse, Jet, Violent Femmes, Eskimo Joe, The Streets, The Killers, The Vines, John Butler Trio, Kasabian, Crystal Method DJs, Scribe, My Chemical Romance, Evermore, Justice, Peaches & Herms, Trivium, John Cooper Clarke, Afra & The Incredible Beatbox Band, Little Birdy, The Presets, Spank Rock, Luciano
Australia only: Something For Kate, You Am I, Bob Evans, The Butterfly Effect, The Sleepy Jackson, The Herd, Spazzys, The Drones, love tattoo, Mark Murphy, Snowman, Sick Puppies, Digital Primate
NZ and East Coast only: Lily Allen, Lupe Fiasco, Diplo, Shapeshifter, Hot Chip, That 1 Guy, DJ Sir-Vere, Misha Wakerman
East Coast only: Macromantics, TZU, Foreign Heights, P Money, Heavy Flint Show, Aching2Be
Sydney and Melbourne only: Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males, Ground Components, Gersey, Angus and Julia Stone
New Zealand only: Blindspott, David Kilgour, Deceptikonz, The Rabble, PNC, Dimmer, Sinate, Goodnight Nurse, The Shaky Hands, The Veils, The Mint Chicks, The Tutts, Minuit, Opensouls, Jakob
[edit] Announcement Hoaxes
There have been various fake press releases in the last few years, however two hoaxes have received considerable coverage
[edit] 2004
In late 2003, shortly before the first announcement was due, the Big Day Out's official forum was hacked, and a fake press release was written and posted under the alias of the forums administrator, and as such many believed it was real. Further adding to its authenticity was that it included 2 bands that had already said they were playing (Metallica and The Dandy Warhols) and another number of bands that were rumoured or highly speculated, instead of the common theme of fake announcements which had bands such as Nirvana or The Beatles. The fake announcement spread to various websites and was pulled from the forum after about 20 hours.[citation needed]
[edit] 2007
Again, shortly before the first announcement, a fake press release was posted on a the BDOFORUMS Myspace which is designed with the same artwork and colouring as the official Big Day Out website but is in fact not affiliated with Big Day Out.
The fake press release was obtained by several media outlets, including Triple J, Channel [V] and various newspapers. It was read out on Jay and the Doctor's program on October 4, 2006, and was discussed with Humphrey B. Flaubert of TISM, and both Flaubert and Jay and The Doctor refuted that their respective bands who were on the fake line-up were playing.
Channel V reported the announcement as being official and made the headlines in their music news program.
Despite poor grammar and spelling, the fake lineup was believed by many people; Australia and New Zealand wide.[citation needed]
[edit] Flag Ban Controversy
On 21 January 2007 a decision was made by the organisers to discourage Big Day Out patrons in Sydney from bringing and displaying the Australian flag. The organisers said the decision was a result of recent ethno-religious tensions in Sydney, complaints that the previous year's festival had been marred by roving packs of aggressive flag-draped youths [1], and recognition that some indigenous Australians have issue with celebrating the start of British settlement.
Sections of the community had strong views supporting, or objecting to the policy. The Prime Minister John Howard, New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma and Federal Leader of the Opposition Kevin Rudd publically condemned the move. Premier Iemma suggested the event be cancelled if the organisers cannot secure the safety of attendees. Front group Jet planned to perform in front of a large black and white version of the Australian flag, with lead vocalist Nic Cester adding "I can't tell anyone else what to do but we as a band are very proud to be Australian and we don't want to feel we are not allowed to feel proud".[2]
However other people including Andrew Bartlett of the Australian Democrats, sports writer Peter FitzSimons and members of the hip-hop outfit The Herd expressed concern that the flag was being misused by a handful of aggressive attendees, and that rock concerts were not the appropriate venue to be waving a flag [1].
[edit] Compilation albums
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[edit] References
- ^ Flag row rocks Australia concert, Al Jazeera, Retrieved 28 January 2007
- ^ McCabe, Kathy, Benson, Simon. "Big Day Out flag ban sparks fury", The Daily Telegraph, 2007-01-22. Retrieved on 2007-01-22.
- Big Day Out - Past Lineups. Retrieved December 18, 2006.
- Sydney Morning Herald story.
[edit] External links
- Big Day Out Official Website
